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2008 Citizen of the Year: Ward Scull
Daily PressWard Scull's interest in payday loans started as an effort to help a single Virginian. But it grew into a statewide coalition that campaigns to protect all Virginians from predatory lending. And it has earned him recognition as the Daily Press Citizen of...Tags: Politics, Sports, Rowing, Money and Monetary Policy, Laws
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Love covers this child's world
Daily PressJared Patton turns 3 years old Tuesday, but he will forever be a baby. He can't sit or stand. Can't talk or roll over. He can move his legs, but can't walk. He can move his arms, but will never grasp a toy. Yet in the cocoon of stuffed animals, soft...Tags: Health, Seizures, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Infants
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Victims of defective drywall demand meeting with governor
NEWPORT NEWS — Victims of defective Chinese drywall demanded an audience with Gov. Bob McDonnell at Monday's meeting of the Defective Drywall Task Force.
"All I keep hearing is request this, request that," said Amanda Fowle of Newport News,...Tags: Politics, Health, Bob McDonnell, Regional Authority, Government
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Hampton Roads' legislators tackle mortgage scams
Daily PressAs the housing crisis ripples through the economy and panicked homeowners face foreclosure, one advocacy group in Virginia is seeing an ominous rise in scam artists. Now state lawmakers in Hampton Roads are taking aim. Lawmakers in Newport News and...Tags: Local Government, Politics, Condos and Houses, Corporate Crime, Financial and Business Services
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Local GOP activists still standing by their man
247-7821Top members of his own party would rather he resign. The House speaker has issued a public rebuke and launched an ethics investigation. But instead of going away, Del. Phil Hamilton is going door-to-door in the 93rd District. And local GOP officials...Tags: Politics, Health, Mental Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Bob McDonnell
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Toxic Chinese drywall has ripple effect in real estate market for home buyers and sellers
— At first glance, it might seem like a good deal, a spacious townhome in Denbigh, 2,200 square feet with three bedrooms and three bathrooms for $217,950.
But the home at 1006 Hollymeade Circle has a problem that's not immediately clear to...Tags: Politics, Real Estate Agents, Homes, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Real Estate
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Could a toll pay for HRBT's expansion?
804-225-7345Del. Phil Hamilton, R- Newport News, wants to know if the private sector can accomplish something that government has failed to do: expand the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. Under that scenario, a contractor would enter into a 50-year agreement to expand...Tags: Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Finance, Timothy M. Kaine, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Jamestown 400 shines; historic site takes center stage as celebration begins
804-225-7345Vice President Dick Cheney brought the national spotlight to Jamestown on Wednesday, addressing state lawmakers from the spot from where the Virginia General Assembly first met nearly 400 years ago. "It is striking to realize how much of America's...Tags: Politics, Dick Cheney, Democratic Party, George W. Bush, 400th Anniversary of Jamestown
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Fighting payday lending: Advocacy group joins forces with churches
757-247-4738When Virginians Against Payday Lending was recently given a chance to have Gov. Timothy M. Kaine mediate a compromise with payday lenders, the advocacy group declined. The group has decided it won't compromise on what it believes is a moral issue,...Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Death, Credit and Debt, Loans
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FOLLOW-UP NEWS: Road woes draw Peninsula, South Hampton Roads closer
247-4765The amazing four-lane high-rise bridge? Transportation meetings last week produced some compelling new road possibilities and triggered some shifting subplots in the General Assembly's quest to smooth Hampton Roads traffic. Ratcheting up road discussion...Tags: Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia), Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Armed Forces, Timothy M. Kaine, Laws
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Reserve Fleet's vanishing act continues
247-4534The vanishing act of the James River ghost fleet could continue to the point that it numbers only about 15 ships by the end of next year, the head of the U.S. Maritime Administration said Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, Maritime Administrator Sean T....Tags: Fort Eustis, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Armed Forces, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, World War II (1939-1945)
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NEWS STORY: The idea of a high-rise bridge
247-4765The Peninsula obsession with the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel is spreading south. Lawmakers from across Hampton Roads gathered Thursday to talk about the region's ailing transportation network in the hopes of getting a clearer picture of where they all...Tags: Local Government, Politics, Interior Policy, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Democratic Party
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